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IDF's facial recognition tech in West Bank probed

A Washington Post report claimed that the IDF is using facial recognition with a database containing thousands of images of Palestinians.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
An Israeli soldier holds his camera as he patrols the Lebanese-Israeli border as seen from the southern Lebanese village of Kfar Kila, June 2, 2011
Aleph Farms’ leadership team. From left to right: Technion Professor Shulamit Levenberg, Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Adviser; Didier Toubia, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer; Dr. Neta Lavon, Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of R&D.

Tech Buzz: Another week, another $422m. raised

These are some of the companies that have raised more than $11.5 billion so far in the hi-tech sector this year.

|ByZEV STUB
File photo of a Microsoft logo on an office building in New York

Microsoft divests from Israeli facial recognition firm AnyVision

Microsoft explained that it had decided to end all of its minority investments in companies that sell facial recognition technology.

|ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
File photo of a Microsoft logo on an office building in New York

Palestinian teens find IDF surveillance camera, Microsoft faces backlash

Ma'an reported that the boys who found the camera set it on fire after figuring out it was an Israeli spy device that included a transmitter and a battery.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF